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Goodbye to a veteran socialist
Last week Malta bade farewell to former President Agatha
Barbara. As extracts from an interview she gave to MIRIAM
DUNN last April show, the principle of social justice remained
sacred to Ms Barbara right up till the end of her life
Agatha Barbara
Appreciation
by Sandro Schembri Adami
The passing away of Agatha Barbara came at a time when I was
writing her biography. I was recently spending evenings at
her house, where she used to recount her vast experiences
as former president, minister and teacher
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Countdown
to local council elections
Individual localities hold key
to national mood
The next round of local elections to be held on 9 March is interesting
on a number of counts, not least because it may well be the last
round of local elections before the next general election and
a measure of the political parties’ strength
Three found guilty in Paola
bombing tragedy
A jury yesterday found all three men guilty on charges connected
with the bombing of a Paola photography studio in 1992 which left
a woman and her toddler dead.
Mystery shrouds electoral process
amendments
Silence and mystery surround the proposed changes
to the electoral law drafted by the Nationalist and Labour parties
and with the proposals now in the Attorney General’s hands
to draft the bill to amend current legislation, the country may
be faced with a ‘fait accompli’ later on this year
Rural development plan discussed
in Ceratonia seminar
"This meeting called by the Ceratonia Foundation and its
Austrian and German counterparts comes not a moment too soon.
We are several months late in preparing a rural development plan
for Malta which will allow us to utilise the programmes of the
EU to ease the pain of the changes that will have to be made in
view of EU accession."
No date yet for Mintoff’s
Chinese medal
Two weeks after the announcement that former Prime Minister Dom
Mintoff will be conferred the ‘Friendship Ambassador’
medal by the Chinese authorities no date has yet been set for
the ceremony, let alone the place where it will be held
Call for rethink in sex education
A national sexual health policy currently in the pipeline
is well overdue, if figures collected and interpreted by the head
of Malta’s genito-urinary clinic are anything to go by
Public transport’s bid for
modernisation
Malta’s public transport users are expected to begin reaping
the benefits of the Public Transport Directorate’s modernisation
process, which should also help to increase consumer confidence
in the service and boost usage levels
Parents confused over vaccine
timetable
Parents have voiced their concern that mixed messages are being
given out about when their children should be given the Hepatitis
B vaccine
Matsec trends
English is by far the most popular subject for secondary
and higher level students who vie to get good grades in this crucial
language. |
